Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-08

constant secession OF new and pleasure
| bic ffJrtst
But don't you get confused in that
manner?H
mot in te least. On the contrary,
when workig on one idea | often drop
sn s9methiG helping another idea, be-
cause they iostly tend to one grand re-
suit"
Don't yo,feel any effects OF your past
sickness ?"
why, cs't say that do, unless this
is one," and be electrician barred an arm,
showing an gly little sore on it.
Nv nat Is qatT" asked the reporter.
ION, noting much. When administer
ing an lnjecpn during my sickness the
syringe proudly struck nerve, and this
Is the result; but it is healing now,
although l till feel twinge now and
again when move it rapidly"
Then | cn say emphatIcally that you
are well?"
u never flt better in my life. The air
mere is perfect; the weather, as you see,
Is beautiful, and the days are a constant
succession q blue skies and warm sum
shlne, and D all this | owe my rapidly
returned health"
do youintsnd to stay here always p"
mo. FG three months in the year
Will stay lnFort Myers and make it the
scene of mylabOrs. | will In a few days
take runbver to Havana, come back
here and reurn to New York in the be-
ginning of May. This is my itinerary for
this year. Ontting the trip to Cuba, my
succeeding years will be the same"
Now aboul your discoveries, Mr.. Edi-
son. How arsyou progressing, and are
you going to- take us by storm with
something newY''
81 am now working on several ideas,
but can safely say that there is one
which, If succeaiul-and | have every
reason to think it will be, 50 far as
my present deductions have been real
ized-will astonis6 the world and dwarf
my previous inventions into insignif-
cance,"
"Does 1t relate to light?"
"1ou are asking me too much now and
| must STOP"
Excuse me, Mr.. Edison" blurted tn e
newspaper man, IL do not want to sur
prise your secrets, but as you have
worked already upon two OF the most i'm =
portant OF our senses, seeing and hear
ing, thought you could without divulg-
Ing secret tell me If your new discovery
related to the other Senses"
"Well, l can only say that all the
senses generally will be called into play
in this invention, If it works out all right
Are you not, then, sure of your de-
ductions?"
mo man can be. All electricians work
in The dark. They grope and grope,
catching on TO the slightest clue, which
they work upon until it's fallacy or use is
demonstrated, and then il useful they fol.
low it persistently until the results are
accomplished. There is luck in it, and in
truth we electricians are discoveries, not
inventors"
By this time the machinery in the labo.
ratory warned us in thunder tones to stop
talking, and, leading the way, Mr.. Edison
invited your correspondent to witness the
operation which would give to Fort
Myers, for the first time In the history OF
man, that most charming of modern COM
forts, the electric light.
Mr.. Edison, with his usual good nature,
had promised to supply this little place
with electricity, free OF all charge, for
three months OF each year, and the ma
ch1nery for the supply was now being put
in motion for the first time.
Watching the films OF wire inclosed in
their little glass cases, forty or more of
them being placed in every possible nook
and corner, and 1t was seen that they
gradually changed color from black to
blush, then to red, gold, and finally burst
out into radiancy that threatened to OBJ
During the whole OF this time Mr.. Ed.
son watched and talked, alternately
scanning the main piece of machinery
and relating anecdotes of his former life,
telling of jokes which he had perpetrated
on his friends, planning new ones-fOr it
must be said Mr.. Edison likes fun-and
one of his practical jokes will be inter-
esting. He expects his foreman down
shortly, and it is intended TO score up q
piece OF betting, fry 1t and place 1t before
the newcomer as favorable specimen OF
Florida beef. of which article of food it
has been said that 1t is SO tough that it
takes persistent hacking to cut and
divide the gravy.
In the course of conversation your cor
respondent told Mr.. Edison that the Duke
of Sutherland was at Tampa in his yacht
sans Peur, and the electrIcian-after de-
failing little story about that gentle
man, whom he had met in New York and
to whom he had shown Harry HIPS
place as a sample OF what incandescent
lighting would do-added that II the Duke
would visit HIM he could be accommodated
with all the sand spurs that he wanted.
To make the joke lucid, it need only be
said that MIR. Edlson's place yields him a
'b0untiful crop Of those troublesome little
pests of sandy country, and the Dukes
yacht favored The pun. SIDNEY SMITH.